Pueblo police ID missing suspect who jumped in river

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Pueblo police took this photograph (left) of Jeffrey Catchcart just before he dove into the Arkansas River on Thursday. Catchcart also was caught on surveillance video (right) at a local grocery story.

by ryan severance
the pueblo chieftain

Published: July 18, 2014;Last modified: July 18, 2014 10:09PM

Pueblo police have identified the suspect who dove into the Arkansas River on Thursday after a bank robbery.

Jeffrey Catchcart, 40, is the man police say taunted them, refusing to surrender. He was photographed before jumping into the river.

Catchcart was identified with help from local parole officers. He has a no-bond felony warrant from the Department of Corrections for a parole violation and also is wanted in connection with a late June theft from a local grocery store.

The Pueblo Fire Department’s water rescue team is working with police as the investigation and recovery effort continues.